Fallen Hero of Vietnam War
Corporal Craig Alan Sysak, age 19
A Battery, 377th Artillery Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Army of the United States
30 November 1951 - 09 January 1971
Home City San Pedro, California
CRAIG ALAN SYSAK is on the Wall
at Panel 05W Line 036
Honored be his name
On 09 Jan 1971 an OH-6A light observation helicopter (tail number 67-16239) of A Battery, 377th Artillery, launched on a recon mission in Quang Tri Province (formerly Called Trung Phan). The aircraft was crewed by
CW2 Gordon Lee Wirth, Jr, pilot;
Cpl Craig Alan Sysak, crew chief; and
SP4 David William Lilley, observer.
While operating at low altitude and slow speed, both necessary for visual reconnaissance, the OH-6 was engaged by enemy gunners and shot down about 3 kilometers northwest of the artillery base at Gia Linh. All three crewmen were killed.
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Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Posthumous Promotion to Corporal
Start Tour: Monday, 10/26/1970
Casualty Date: Saturday, 01/09/1971
Religion: Roman Catholic
Source
http://www.virtualwall.org & US Gov records
California Birth Index
Name: Craig Alan Sysak
Birth: 30 Nov 1951 at Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Thomas
Corporal Craig Alan Sysak, age 19
A Battery, 377th Artillery Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Army of the United States
30 November 1951 - 09 January 1971
Home City San Pedro, California
CRAIG ALAN SYSAK is on the Wall
at Panel 05W Line 036
Honored be his name
On 09 Jan 1971 an OH-6A light observation helicopter (tail number 67-16239) of A Battery, 377th Artillery, launched on a recon mission in Quang Tri Province (formerly Called Trung Phan). The aircraft was crewed by
CW2 Gordon Lee Wirth, Jr, pilot;
Cpl Craig Alan Sysak, crew chief; and
SP4 David William Lilley, observer.
While operating at low altitude and slow speed, both necessary for visual reconnaissance, the OH-6 was engaged by enemy gunners and shot down about 3 kilometers northwest of the artillery base at Gia Linh. All three crewmen were killed.
MORE DATA
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Posthumous Promotion to Corporal
Start Tour: Monday, 10/26/1970
Casualty Date: Saturday, 01/09/1971
Religion: Roman Catholic
Source
http://www.virtualwall.org & US Gov records
California Birth Index
Name: Craig Alan Sysak
Birth: 30 Nov 1951 at Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Thomas
Fallen Hero of Vietnam War
Corporal Craig Alan Sysak, age 19
A Battery, 377th Artillery Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Army of the United States
30 November 1951 - 09 January 1971
Home City San Pedro, California
CRAIG ALAN SYSAK is on the Wall
at Panel 05W Line 036
Honored be his name
On 09 Jan 1971 an OH-6A light observation helicopter (tail number 67-16239) of A Battery, 377th Artillery, launched on a recon mission in Quang Tri Province (formerly Called Trung Phan). The aircraft was crewed by
CW2 Gordon Lee Wirth, Jr, pilot;
Cpl Craig Alan Sysak, crew chief; and
SP4 David William Lilley, observer.
While operating at low altitude and slow speed, both necessary for visual reconnaissance, the OH-6 was engaged by enemy gunners and shot down about 3 kilometers northwest of the artillery base at Gia Linh. All three crewmen were killed.
MORE DATA
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Posthumous Promotion to Corporal
Start Tour: Monday, 10/26/1970
Casualty Date: Saturday, 01/09/1971
Religion: Roman Catholic
Source
http://www.virtualwall.org & US Gov records
California Birth Index
Name: Craig Alan Sysak
Birth: 30 Nov 1951 at Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Thomas
Corporal Craig Alan Sysak, age 19
A Battery, 377th Artillery Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Army of the United States
30 November 1951 - 09 January 1971
Home City San Pedro, California
CRAIG ALAN SYSAK is on the Wall
at Panel 05W Line 036
Honored be his name
On 09 Jan 1971 an OH-6A light observation helicopter (tail number 67-16239) of A Battery, 377th Artillery, launched on a recon mission in Quang Tri Province (formerly Called Trung Phan). The aircraft was crewed by
CW2 Gordon Lee Wirth, Jr, pilot;
Cpl Craig Alan Sysak, crew chief; and
SP4 David William Lilley, observer.
While operating at low altitude and slow speed, both necessary for visual reconnaissance, the OH-6 was engaged by enemy gunners and shot down about 3 kilometers northwest of the artillery base at Gia Linh. All three crewmen were killed.
MORE DATA
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Posthumous Promotion to Corporal
Start Tour: Monday, 10/26/1970
Casualty Date: Saturday, 01/09/1971
Religion: Roman Catholic
Source
http://www.virtualwall.org & US Gov records
California Birth Index
Name: Craig Alan Sysak
Birth: 30 Nov 1951 at Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Thomas
Inscription
(cross)
Craig Alan Sysak
California
CPL BTRY A 377 ARTY(AVN)
Vietnam BSM-PH
Nov 30 1951 Jan 9 1971
Gravesite Details
BSM - PH = Bronze Star Medal - Purple Heart.
